1. Chinese New Year

2. Preparing for Chinese New Year
People usually…
• Paint their doors and windows red since red is
considered as the lucky color
• Hang paper cuts of old Chinese art from the
hang dynasty throughout the house
• 2 weeks are set aside for the official celebration
of Chinese new year

4. Entertainment
Popular Entertainments are:
• Balloon twister
• Face Painting
• magician
• Tarot card reader
• DJ
• Astrologer
• Drummers
• Dancers

5. Other Enteratinment?
• Lanterns Festivals are held in celebration of the
new year
• A dragon dance is also a form of celebration.
Dragons are believed to bring good luck,
therefore the dance is the highlight of the
Chinese new year celebration

6. Tradition
• The family gathering in the evening to make
Chinese dumplings (jiaozi)
• Do not clean for a few days after the Chinese new
year, or you’ll risk the chance of sweeping away
your good luck!
• Give the children a money envelope (Leisee),
which is a red envelope decorated with gold
symbols and money inside to represent lucky
money

7. • Tangerines and oranges are often passed out to
children and guest to symbolize wealth and good
luck
• Prepare a “tray of togetherness”, which is a
circular or octagonal tray that contains an
assortment of symbolic foods to provide a sweet
beginning to the new year.
• A parade is suppose to occur on New Years eve

8. Past vs. Present
• Chinese new year was originally celebrated for 15
days. Now people tend top celebrate it for only
one day.

9. China’s culture mix
Chinese Americans who came the U.S centuries
ago merged their culture with the Chinese to
create a mixed culture
• They have adjusted the traditional Chinese new
year celebration to make it their own.

10. All around the World
• Chinese New Year is also celebrated in other
Asian countries, such like Vietnam and
Singapore
• The traditional dragon dance that everyone
looks forward to is also a from of celebration all
around the world.

11. A vendor prepares for celebrations in Taiwan A street celebration in Seattle, Washington
A temple worker in Malaysia places lanterns
Prayers at one of the oldest temples in Indonesia. They come to
the temple to offer their prayers to the gods and ancestor spirits
with hopes for the coming year.
Rabbit decorations in Chinatown,
Singapore

12. Citations
• Boland, Rory. "Chinese New Year Facts." About.com
Hong Kong / Macau Travel. About.com, n.d. Web. 07
Feb. 2013
• Parkinson, Rhonda. "Chinese New Year." About.com
Chinese Food. About.com, n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2013.
• Lun, Ah, and Braemar Hill. "Photo Essay: Chinese New
Year Around the World." VOA. N.p., 2 Feb. 2011. Web.
12 Feb. 2013.
• "Chinese New Year Party." GigMasters Events. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.